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Scientific Name | Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br. var. fluitans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Eleogiton fascicularis Nees, Isolepis fascicularis (Nees) Kunth, Scirpus fluitans L., Scirpus fluitans L. var. fascicularis (Nees) Boeck. |
Common Names | Waterbiesie (a), Waterbiesiegras (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/30 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Soutpansberg in Limpopo, to the Akkedisberg in the Western Cape. Outside South Africa it is widespread in tropical Africa, North Africa, Europe, India and Australia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It occurs submerged in still or flowing water, and can persist for while as terrestrial plant as water recedes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br. var. fluitans | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Muasya, A.M. and Simpson, D.A. 2002. A monograph of the genus Isolepis R.Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin 57(2):257-362.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br. var. fluitans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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